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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:56:29 -0000, "tim..."
wrote: "Robin9" wrote in message ... We have some Cambridge residents here plus numerous railway enthusiasts. As part of a speech about returning responsibility for track maintenance and improvement to train operators . . . http://tinyurl.com/zmf6q3d . . . a suggestion was made that the line between Bedford and Cambridge might also be rebuilt. I've been told that part of the right-of-way was lost decades ago when new buildings were constructed across the trackbed. Is this feasible? Does the Minister know something nobody else knows? It's government kit flying This line has as much chance of being privately funded as the A14 improvements did. Not necessarily. It could go ahead if the government guarantees the revenues, which is effectively what happens with PFI deals. |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
"Recliner" wrote in message ... On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:56:29 -0000, "tim..." wrote: "Robin9" wrote in message ... We have some Cambridge residents here plus numerous railway enthusiasts. As part of a speech about returning responsibility for track maintenance and improvement to train operators . . . http://tinyurl.com/zmf6q3d . . . a suggestion was made that the line between Bedford and Cambridge might also be rebuilt. I've been told that part of the right-of-way was lost decades ago when new buildings were constructed across the trackbed. Is this feasible? Does the Minister know something nobody else knows? It's government kit flying This line has as much chance of being privately funded as the A14 improvements did. Not necessarily. It could go ahead if the government guarantees the revenues, which is effectively what happens with PFI deals. well reading a few more newspaper reports, it does seem that the plan isn't necessarily for it to be *funded* by the private sector (as some of the initial headlines proclaimed), but merely for the private sector to be in control of the build and operation. But I still suspect that if it turns out to need 100% funding from HMG, it wont go ahead. I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section. tim |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
In message , at 15:20:20 on Thu, 8 Dec 2016,
tim... remarked: It's government kit flying This line has as much chance of being privately funded as the A14 improvements did. Not necessarily. It could go ahead if the government guarantees the revenues, which is effectively what happens with PFI deals. well reading a few more newspaper reports, it does seem that the plan isn't necessarily for it to be *funded* by the private sector (as some of the initial headlines proclaimed), but merely for the private sector to be in control of the build and operation. But I still suspect that if it turns out to need 100% funding from HMG, it wont go ahead. I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section. Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to Norwich) already exists. -- Roland Perry |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 15:20:20 on Thu, 8 Dec 2016, tim... remarked: It's government kit flying This line has as much chance of being privately funded as the A14 improvements did. Not necessarily. It could go ahead if the government guarantees the revenues, which is effectively what happens with PFI deals. well reading a few more newspaper reports, it does seem that the plan isn't necessarily for it to be *funded* by the private sector (as some of the initial headlines proclaimed), but merely for the private sector to be in control of the build and operation. But I still suspect that if it turns out to need 100% funding from HMG, it wont go ahead. I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section. Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to Norwich) already exists. From anywhere on (or beyond) the Eastern section to anywhere else at all, that can't already by done by a sensible alternative. There is obvious potential for Oxford and Aylesbury to MK services and as there are already established customers for the local stations west of Bedford opening up more destinations for these travelers could be advantageous. But East of Bedford it's a complete white elephant. There is limited demand from Cambridge, or even Norwich to Oxford, and if you want to use it as part of a longer journey to the SW then via London is almost certainly going to be better for you. (and the via somewhere else applies equally for freight.) As to local journeys, well how big a source is Sandy going to be? And if that's at the expense of making the mainline station less convenient for London commuters (as appears to be suggested), that idea isn't going to go down too well with them is it? And then there's the idea that it opens up parts of the countryside for "new build estates". Well, we don't make decisions on where to put these developments in the rest of the county based upon access to a rail line, even where it already exists. You will recall that I have been following the plans in my locality for new build developments and absolutely none of them (about 8 @ 5,000+ houses) has been proposed aside by an existing railway, even when simply moving it to a field a mile or 2 east or west would provide that possibility. Never is the opportunity of an overspill town for commuting to London been seen as a rational for creating this development, they are always based upon each development being locally sustainable with 100% of the new occupants working locally using, if they have to use PT, local buses into the adjacent town centre. Now you may think that as a planning policy, that is wrong, and I wouldn't disagree at all with you if you did. But if we are going to have a planning policy for new build developments based upon commuting into London, then we need to start that by trialing it on an existing line, not use it as a reason for a new build one. So I don't buy this as a reason for the line being "useful" at all. tim --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
In message , at 12:27:35 on Sun, 11 Dec
2016, tim... remarked: I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section. Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to Norwich) already exists. From anywhere on (or beyond) the Eastern section to anywhere else at all, that can't already by done by a sensible alternative. There is obvious potential for Oxford and Aylesbury to MK services and as there are already established customers for the local stations west of Bedford opening up more destinations for these travelers could be advantageous. But East of Bedford it's a complete white elephant. East of Bedford is still part of the Central section. I share your doubts about building the new Sandy-Shepreth line and would probably have chosen a Hitchin north chord instead. -- Roland Perry |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
On 2016\12\12 08:51, Roland Perry wrote:
I share your doubts about building the new Sandy-Shepreth line and would probably have chosen a Hitchin north chord instead. With no ECML interchange? IME the interchanges with other lines have to be at major stations where most trains already stop, or the interchange possibilities will never work out that well. |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
In message , at 10:16:04 on Mon, 12 Dec
2016, Basil Jet remarked: I share your doubts about building the new Sandy-Shepreth line and would probably have chosen a Hitchin north chord instead. With no ECML interchange? That would be at a new Sandy station on the same site as the proposed one. Just the exit for E/W trains would be south on the ECML rather than across-country via Bassingbourne. IME the interchanges with other lines have to be at major stations where most trains already stop, or the interchange possibilities will never work out that well. We appear to be living in a post-StAlbanisation world. Where new stations mean more stops. See Edinburgh Gateway and Cambridge North. -- Roland Perry |
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Oxford to Cambridge rail route.
"Roland Perry" wrote in message ... In message , at 12:27:35 on Sun, 11 Dec 2016, tim... remarked: I remain convinced that there is little demand for significant local journeys on the route and no strategic need for the Eastern section. Did you mean "Central section"? The Eastern section (Cambridge to Norwich) already exists. From anywhere on (or beyond) the Eastern section to anywhere else at all, that can't already by done by a sensible alternative. There is obvious potential for Oxford and Aylesbury to MK services and as there are already established customers for the local stations west of Bedford opening up more destinations for these travelers could be advantageous. But East of Bedford it's a complete white elephant. East of Bedford is still part of the Central section. but it is the complete new build part, albeit on a closed track bed, and therefore has to meet new higher standards at road intersections (if there are any) tim --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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What a pity the line between Hitchin and Bedford was
closed all those years ago. |
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